Domaine Louis Latour Batard Montrachet 2002 Bouteille (75cl)
Domaine Louis Latour Bâtard-Montrachet 2002 is a white Burgundy wine produced on the Bâtard-Montrachet climat in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, classified as a Grand Cru. Made from 100% Chardonnay, it was rated 92-94/100 by The Wine Advocate and 18.5/20 by Jancis Robinson. Critics describe an ample, concentrated, and structured wine with a marked texture, combining ripe fruit, flowers, spices, and a long finish. Published drinking windows: 2005-2015 for The Wine Advocate and 2007-2015 for Jancis Robinson.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Louis Latour
- Parcelle / Cru
- Bâtard-Montrachet (Puligny Montrachet)
- Millésime
- 2002
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Louis Latour
Domaine Louis Latour is the family-owned vineyard of Maison Louis Latour, situated around Aloxe-Corton on the Corton hill in the Côte-d’Or. It covers 48 hectares, including 27 hectares of grands crus, spread mainly between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune. The Maison, founded in 1797, remains a family-run business, headed by Florent Latour since 2023.
- Owner
- Famille Latour
- Maître de chais
- Christophe Deola
- Surface (ha)
- 48.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Latour family’s first vineyard acquisitions date back to 1731. The family settled in Aloxe-Corton in 1768, at the foot of the Corton hill, which remains the historic centre of its vineyard. Maison Louis Latour was founded in 1797. It began exporting its wines as early as 1815 and gradually expanded its commercial activities throughout the 19th century. In 1867, the family acquired the Lamarosse Père et Fils wine merchant’s business in Beaune, becoming both a wine merchant and winemaker whilst continuing to operate as a winegrower. In 1891, it acquired the château, the winery and the vineyards of Corton-Grancey, which had been severely affected by phylloxera at the time, and subsequently replanted the affected plots. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the estate expanded its holdings through acquisitions in Corton-Charlemagne, amongst the grands crus of the Côte de Nuits, and then in Chevalier-Montrachet in 1913. The Corton Grancey winery, built in the 1830s and acquired in 1891, remains the site where the wines of Domaine Louis Latour are vinified and matured. The estate has been committed to sustainable agriculture since 1998 and states that it has been ISO 14001 certified since 2003. Following the death of Louis-Fabrice Latour in 2022, Florent Latour took over as head of the estate in 2023. Christophe Deola, estate manager since 2017, oversees the winemaking process.
Bâtard-Montrachet (Puligny Montrachet)
Bâtard-Montrachet is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated climat, shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. It occupies the lower part of the slope, exposed mainly to the east and south-east, at around 240 to 250 metres of altitude. Its brown limestone soils are thicker and more clayey towards the foothill, with clay colluvium relatively poor in stones. The substrate consists mainly of platy limestones from the Middle Jurassic, attributed to the Callovian.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet et Chassagne-Montrachet
- Exposure
- east to south-east, with a southern component
- Altitude
- 240–250 m
- Soil
- Relatively thick and clayey brown limestone soils; clay colluvium with few stones.
- Subsoil and geology
- Platy limestones from the Middle Jurassic, mainly Callovian.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.480000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner of 0.48 ha on the Puligny-Montrachet side
- Indicative vine age
- Average age indicated: 40 years on the 2022 vintage technical sheet.
Histoire de la parcelle
The "Bâtard" climat was already distinguished from Montrachet in the 18th century, although its wines were long assimilated with those of Montrachet. A 1921 judgment consecrated the use of the name "Bâtard-Montrachet" and the local hierarchy of grand crus. The AOC was recognized by the decree of 31 July 1937; its plot area was initially demarcated in 1939, then approved by the INAO in 1988 for Chassagne-Montrachet and in 1989 for Puligny-Montrachet.
